The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-04

full type of the worlds population is assmi-
lated to the grand purpose of American
expansion am here reminded of what sup
pose to be fact, that more than one half of
your voters are of foreign birth and parentage.
The growth and increase of your city in every
way indicate, l think, that that condition
of your population, thus made APP
parent, is by no means to be deprecated, and
my observation during long residence
in city similarly situated has led me to know
the value to any community of industrious,
frugal and thrifty men and women who come
from foreign lands TO find new homes with us,
who invest themselves with our citizenship, and
who are satisfied and content with the freedom
of our government and with our laws and insti-
tutions
A LINE EASILY DRAWN.
The line is easily drawn between them and
non -assimiating emigrants who seek our shores
solely for purposes involving disturbances and
disadvantage to our body polite. hope may
without IMPROPERLY say this much in recogni-
tion of what has been done for st. Louis by its
membrance of many kind and valued
friends and associates of former days.
/ deem myself especially fortunate in being
with you at time when the manufactures and
products of your city and the surrounding
country are on exhibition At your fair, one of
the largest in the country, those who seek the
best and surest evidence of your substantial
prospects, may well be satisfied Here |
shall see things which are conclusive proof
of thrift, and wealth, and comfortable
homes. hope to see besides, while here, GER
tain features of your citys life, which just at
this time are unusually displayed, and which es-
tablisheS the fact that the people of st. Louis
with all their business engagements, and with
all their toll and stirring trade, are not averse to
pleasure and enjoyment. hope that you Will
find your visitors to be interested
sight -seers and of all things, you may be as
sured however much You may impress us with
the greatness of your city,we are certain to have
our hearts filed with Il grateful appreciation
ofthe kindness and hospitality of your people
CHEER UPON CHEER.
Three or four times during the delivery of
the Presidents remarks, at every pause, in
fact, some voice proposed three cheers for
Grover Cleveland, and the lungs of the null
titude responded. The band greeted the
close of his remarks with national air, and
the Presidential party filed out of the en-
trance aisle, ,thathad been kept open by the po-
lice The streets were jammed with people and
it was with difficulty that President Cleve-
land was gotten to his carriage. Once there
citizens pressed to his side, and extended
their hands in vain. II will greet you all
later" said the President, "but not here
From the exchange the President and his
companions were escorted in their carriages
through the principal business streets
of the city, the ride lasting
about an hour. Everywhere along
the route masses of people awaited
and greeted the guest of the day. The
police arrangements were excellent, and
there was no disorder, the crowds manifest
ing their enthusiasm in cheers and noise,
and refraining from crOwding about and
following the carriages. The most cOnspicu-
GUS feature of the decoration was the array
of gas jets, each lamp and awning post be-
ing branching tree of piping, while at the
street corners great arches We're thrown
across from curb to curb These bore a
million colored globes the effect of which,
even in the DAYLIGHT WAS Stri king.
APUBLIC RECEPTION.
The cortege reached the LindelI Hotel at
o'clock, where rooms, including a series
of large parlors, had been secured for the
President An hour was given for lunch
and rest, and at o'clock Mrs Cleveland,
having rejoined her husband, the doors of
the reception parors were thrown
open and the public were admitted
to shake the hands of the President and his
wife. The reception began promptly at 3
O'Clock and continued until g. crowd of
several hundred ladies and gentlemen were
already in waiting in the upper lobby of the
hotel when the doors were opened aDd, as
the orchestra struck up a march, the people
moved in rapidly and made their exit
by another door The President and Mrs.
Cleveland received their visitors standing
in the middle of the large parlor, under a
rich chandelier. Mrs. Cleveland was richly
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of red rosebuds and green leaves. 1t was
medium decolette, trimmed literally with
lace, and had full lace sleeves to the elbows;
several rows of coral beads adorned her
shapely neck, and a diamond brilliant gilt
tered at her throat. A score of leading society
ladies of st. Louis, beautiful in face and
figure and richly clad, assisted her. The
police arrangements inside the hotel were
excellent and the line moved past the Presi-
la,t fraaly httt nuf-la To ba
witnessed the oddity of which it would be
hard to overstate The street was narrow
and through its middle ran the double tracks
of busy street railway. An attempt was
made to keep the thousands of waiting
visitors in line, six or eight abreast, but
every half minute this was broken by the
passage of cars. These fought their way
through the crOwding masses together on
each side and forced hundreds out of their
places. Behind each car crowd followed
and took the abandoned places in the line.
The next car pushed many of these forward
towards the hotel, with the natural
result of crowding an equal number
out of line in front, There was
liberal sprinkling of ladies in the throng,
and an admixture of countrymen of the
pure Western type, who had come long dis
tances to see the President. How they
surged and struggled, how they shouldered
and scolded-everything but fought. The
stream flowed up against dead wall of
humanity wedged into the doorway, split it
with the pressure from behind, and parti-
Giles made their way again into the mass in
the rear with true Western persistence.
HOW CLEVELAND STOOD 1T.
The President received, as he always does
He has become very expert in the discharge
of his part of the work, and manages to
greatly facilitate the passage of the line, in
spired apparently only by desire to give
the coveted opportunity to as great num-
ber as possible If he ever gets fatigued
his appearance fails to give evidence of
the fact, submitting, as he does,
good naturedly to the familiar,
often boisterous, salutations of many who
approach him, he takes the liberty some
times to give a loiterer, with a grasp of
his hand, sturdy pull in the direction he
ought to move, and often, with half dozen
words, manages to answer in kind the
greetings of as many warm callars. Mrs.
Cleveland stood to-day TO the left and
little in the rear of her husband, and during
the greater part of the three hours recep-
ton acknowledged the greetings of her
visitors with smile and bow, but without
taking their hands When the doors were
closed the crowd of disappointed ones in
waiting numbered many thousands. Col.
Lamont estimates that 1900 persons took
the hand of the President this afternoon
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